112. #CropDebate: To Honey Bee or Not to Honey Bee w/ Dr. Wu-Smart and Dr.Evans
Each #CropDebate brings together two experts in a particular field of study to debate a controversial position. Each may or may not agree wholeheartedly with either position and most often will probably see value in both. But for the sake of entertainment in education, they're going to argue it out with facts!
Our first #CropDebate is expected to bee a real buzz!! This is a common debate in applied entomology and pollination ecology: " to honey bee or not to honey bee?"
Are #HoneyBees invasive to North America and ecologically detrimental, competing with native bees for resources and spreading diseases? Or are honey bees ecologically naturalized, performing unparalleled pollination services, and economically critical?
Honey bees are incredible study subjects for eusociality, just about everybody loves honey, and when we say, "#SaveTheBees," what bee do people imagine? And that waggle dance!? C'mon! They're amazing!
However, there are over 20,000 species of #bees in the world with over 4,000 species in North America. #Apis mellifera is just one of them. And there is a case to be made for their being a detriment to biodiversity.
On this #CropCareConvos episode, the first #CropDebate, by #CropTalkMedia, Dr. Judy Wu-Smart from University of Nebraska-Lincoln argues the position of "to honey bee," and Dr. Elaine Evans from the University of Minnesota argues the position of "not to honey bee."
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